1. The Director, pursuant to IC 10-14-3-17(d)(2)(B), is responsible to the Jasper County Commissioners and as such shall keep the Commissioners fully informed on emergency management activities and shall provide such reports to the Advisory Council if so directed by the Commissioners.

2. Keep the Board fully informed on emergency management activities.

3. Submit to the Advisory Council and the Jasper County Commissioners a yearly report on the County’s comprehensive emergency management, including mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery taken in the previous year and planned and recommended for the year to come.

4. Assure that all of the duties and responsibilities of the Jasper County Emergency Management Agency are completed.

5. Assure that all County employees and rostered volunteers with responsibilities as part of the comprehensive emergency management plan receive training in the functions that they are to perform under the plan.

6. Design and conduct exercises of the comprehensive emergency management plan, as required by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

7. Assure that the comprehensive emergency management plan addresses all hazards and includes all cities, towns and other population centers within the County.

8. Submit to Indiana Department of Homeland Security the assessment specified in IDHS’s required format and within IDHS’s required time frame for submission.

9. Provide to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security Director annual reports and documentation as mandated.

10. Competently manage the Department’s various functions, including among others financial, personnel, and logistic.

11. Timely obey the directives of superior State authorities.

12. Assure that the activities of the Department at all times comport with IC 10-14-3 and other applicable statutes, rules and County ordinances.

13. Develop an Emergency Operating Center (“EOC”) as a site from which key officials can direct and control operations during a disaster or emergency.

14. Attend, and attain passing grades in, the Emergency Management Professional Emergency Manager Basic for emergency management presented by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Training Institute within four years of first assuming the position of Director.

15. Attend, and attain passing grades in, such emergency management training as may be required by IDHS in subsequent years.

16. Assure the Deputy Director’s attendance at, and passing grades in, the Emergency Management Professional Emergency Manager Basic for emergency management presented by the Homeland Security Training Institute within four years of first assuming the position of Deputy Director.

17. Successfully complete coursework and professional contributions as defined in the Professional Emergency Manager (PEM) Basic certification presented by the Homeland Security Training Institute within two years of assuming the position of Director and maintain up-to-date PEM certification. Directors assuming office before January 1, 2005, will have until December 31, 2008, to complete the PEM Basic.

18. Assure the Deputy Director’s and all paid emergency management staff’s attendance at, and passing grades in, such emergency management training as may be required by IDHS in subsequent years.

19. Assure ongoing attendance by the Director, the Deputy Director and all paid emergency management staff at further emergency management courses presented by the Homeland Security Training Institute to assure continued knowledge of the latest information on emergency management.

20. Assume responsibility for public relations, information and education regarding all phases of emergency management.

21. Assure coordination within the County of all activities for emergency management.

22. Maintain liaison and coordinate with all other affected agencies, public and private.

23. Coordinate the recruitment and training for volunteer personnel and agencies to augment the personnel and facilities of the County for emergency management purposes.

24. Seek, negotiate and enter into (with the approval or ratification of the County Commissioners and consistent with the State Emergency Operations Plan and program) mutual aid arrangements with other public and private agencies for emergency management purposes, and taking all steps in accordance with such arrangements to comply with or take advantage thereof in the event of an actual emergency affecting the parties.

25. Accept any offer of the Federal government to provide for the use of the County any services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds for emergency management purposes by way of gift, grant or loan, when the Governor has approved such offer.

26. Seek and accept from any person, firm or corporation, any gratuitous offers to provide services, equipment, supplies, materials, funds, or licenses or privileges to use real estate or other premises, to the County for emergency management purposes.

27. Issue proper insignia and papers to emergency management workers and other people directly concerned with emergency management.

28. Assure that all volunteers meet the criteria set forth in this chapter prior to accepting them as members of the Department.

29. Make rapid and accurate assessment of:

as soon as an emergency or disaster declaration has been made.

30. In addition to the powers and duties expressly provided above, the Director shall be construed to have all powers and duties of a local Emergency Management Director as provided under IC 10-14-3. In particular, but not by limitation, the Director, through the Department, may perform or cause to be performed with respect to the County, any function parallel or analogous to those performed on a Statewide basis by SEMA under IC 10-14-3.

31. Coordinate volunteers during nonemergency and emergency situations.

32. Coordinate and develop the necessary memorandums of understanding with County and State governments and private businesses for the resources and personnel that may be needed during an emergency or disaster event.

33. Write grants or assist with grant writing which promote emergency management/public safety/homeland security organizations. [Ord. 5-25-06A § 3(B).]